The original skeet, the one I quoted, contains no link at all. The article is maybe a collateral part of the conversation here, but only a collateral part. If I wanted to talk about the article, I'd be in the comments to his article. I'm talking about the thread here.
It's a three skeet thread, the first of which links to the article, and the other two fine a brief precis of it. I see where you're coming from re "I was specifically referring to skeet 2" but it seems odd to excise context. (Fwiw I absolutely agree with your main point)
It has over 750 replies and nearly two thousand quotes -- the conversation goes a lot farther than his three skeets.